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Saudi religious policeman beat up Briton; wife slaps back on face |
2014-09-02 |
[Al Ahram] Members of Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's Saudi Arabia imposes a strict interpretation of Islamic laws, notably a segregation of the sexes. A short video posted on YouTube on Sunday shows a member of the "That's my wife, how dare you!" the Briton is heard shouting in the video. Al-Hayat newspaper, quoting witnesses, said the The Briton replied that he was accompanied by his wife. Only women are allowed to pay at females-only cash desks in the kingdom. A man accompanied by female family members can stop at such desks so long as a woman deals with the cashier. After he left the supermarket, A heated exchange followed as he refused to hand over his camera to the agents, who "attacked and pushed him to the ground," according to witnesses cited by the daily. The Briton, a convert to Islam, is a longtime resident of the kingdom and married to a Saudi woman, according to Al-Hayat, which said he was finally driven away in a British embassy car. The Commission members enforce a strict segregation of the sexes and have traditionally forced women to cover from head to toe when in public. They also patrol shops to make sure they are shuttered during prayer times. The But since January 2013, the |
Posted by:Fred |
#7 #5 Jeebus, sent from Rantburg to read Chesterton! I vaguely remember reading enough that I should have known better, but I've always thought of him as kind of a square. A drudge, anyway. My loss, apparently. I'll save looking up that line you quote for an unusually receptive moment. Auden -- another cat I seem to have criminally underestimated. Memorisation material there, Nim! |
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-09-02 22:51 |
#6 Nim's is good too, But take the time to read Lepanto. |
Posted by: swksvolFF 2014-09-02 21:40 |
#5 Jeebus, sent from Rantburg to read Chesterton! That once went singing southward when all the world was young, |
Posted by: Shipman 2014-09-02 17:56 |
#4 An excellent work. Thank you for the read. I, mice elf, prefer the following, as it cuts to the chase...as is me wont: There will be no Peace W. H. Auden (Written in 1956) Though mild clear weather Smile again on the shore of your esteem And its colours come back, the storm has changed you: You will not forget, ever, The darkness blotting out hope, the gale Prophesying your downfall. You must live with your knowledge. Way back, beyond, outside of you are others, In moonless absences you never heard of, Who have certainly heard of you, Beings of unknown number and gender: And they do not like you. What have you done to them? Nothing? Nothing is not an answer: You will come to believe - how can you help it? - That you did, you did do something; You will find yourself wishing you could make them laugh, You will long for their friendship. There will be no peace. Fight back, then, with such courage as you have And every unchivalrous dodge you know of, Clear on your conscience on this: Their cause, if they had one, is no thing to them now; They hate for hate's sake. |
Posted by: Anice Nim 2014-09-02 16:07 |
#3 Can I say the word "Butt" and the word Allah in the same sentence? Dunno, Poodle-Noodle, old fruit. Let's see... Mahound likes to sniff Allah's butt, but He can't get a drop of that rotgut. He fiddles and yearns And he whines and he burns... Two hogsheads remain in that butt, shut. So, can we? Man proposes, Fred disposes. Also, who the hell has been hiding Chesterton's Lepanto from me all these years? Wow! |
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2014-09-02 15:43 |
#2 Bugger all, Inshallah. But what can you expect from a religion which prays with its butt in the air? Can I say the word "Butt" and the word Allah in the same sentence? Is that still PC and totally Religion of Peace? I wouldn't want to offend any Moslems...or anyone named Hussein...or Abdrool or Muckmud. The Crusaders use to call a certain individual Mahound. But that was in the 12th century.... |
Posted by: Goober Poodle7799 2014-09-02 13:21 |
#1 The Briton, a convert to Islam, is a longtime resident of the kingdom and married to a Saudi woman, Is the Brit now done with his stupid, friggin experiment with Islam? |
Posted by: JohnQC 2014-09-02 11:05 |